European Communities (Finance) Act 2001

The European Communities (Finance) Act 2001 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was given Royal Assent and became law on 4 December 2001,[2] but was later repealed on 19 February 2008 by the European Communities (Finance) Act 2008.[3]

European Communities (Finance) Act 2001
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the definition of "the Treaties" and "the Community Treaties" in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so as to include the decision of 29 September 2000 of the Council on the Communities' system of own resources.
Citation2001 c. 22
Introduced byGordon Brown[1]
Territorial extentEngland and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent4 December 2001[2]
Commencement4 December 2001
Repealed19 February 2008[3]
Other legislation
Repealed byEuropean Communities (Finance) Act 2008
Relates toEuropean Communities Act 1972
European Communities (Finance) Act 1995
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
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Passage of the bill

The legislation was introduced to the House of Commons as the European Communities (Finance) Bill by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, on 21 June 2001.[1] The Bill was read for the third time in the House of Commons on 18 October 2001 and passed to the House of Lords without a need for a vote.[4] It was given Royal Assent and became law on 4 December 2001.[2]

Effect of the Act

The Act passed into UK law the decisions on the European Union budget taken at the Council of Ministers meeting of 29 September 2000.[5][6] It did this by amending the introductory paragraph of the European Communities Act 1972 to include reference to the 29 September 2000 decision.[7] The Act superseded and repealed the European Communities (Finance) Act 1995, but was in turn repealed by the European Communities (Finance) Act 2008.[3][8]

See also

References
  1. "HC Hansard Volume 370 Part 6 Column 186". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 21 June 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. "HC Hansard Volume 376 Part 65 Column 166". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  3. European Communities (Finance) Act 2008, Section 2
  4. "HC Hansard Volume 372 Part 33 Column 1346". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 18 October 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  5. "Explanatory Notes to European Communities (Finance) Act 2001". Office of Public Sector Information. 4 December 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  6. "Council Decision of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources" (PDF). Official Journal of the European Union. EUR-Lex. 43 (L253): 42–46. 7 October 2000. ISSN 0378-6978. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  7. European Communities (Finance) Act 2001, Section 1
  8. European Communities (Finance) Act 2001, Section 2
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